Spain’s ruling Popular party suffered fresh humiliation last night after a judge ruled that it had run a slush fund for 18 years and that two former party treasurers should face trial for tax evasion. The decision threatens to damage Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, and his party’s chances

Evidence has emerged that the assault on Tunisia’s national museum — in which 20 tourists, including a British woman, were killed — was the first Isis-inspired attack against western targets organised from neighbouring Libya, revealing how violence in the lawless country is spilling over its

A mother and son were shot dead in the Tunisian museum massacre as they celebrated his graduation with a cruise. Javier Camelo, 28, who had Australian citizenship, and his mother, Miriam, from Colombia, died along with Sally Adey, from Britain. In all, 18 foreign tourists were killed in a hail of

A dazzling orange Seat prototype car stands centre stage at a presentation by Spain’s only carmaker. Its appearance is symptomatic of a corner turned: after six years of economic misery, the country is finally recovering. Car sales across Spain rose 14.5 per cent last year and with them hopes of a

Salvador Dalí fathered an illegitimate daughter during an affair with a maid, according to a paternity suit brought by a Spanish woman who says that the artist is her father. María Pilar Abel Martínez, 59, from Girona, in Catalonia, says the surrealist had an affair with her mother Antonia in

Banco Sabadell was the brainchild of Spanish textile barons and started life in a city that is nicknamed the Catalan Manchester. Founded in 1881, it was set up by a consortium of 127 companies. Today Sabadell, 12 miles (20km) northwest of Barcelona, is a stark contrast to its more fashionable

Nearly 400 years after he died bankrupt and almost unknown, archaeologists claim to have discovered the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. Using ground-penetrating radar in the crypt of a Madrid convent, the experts said that they had found bones believed to belong to the

A play about boorish British tourists has become a hit in Barcelona as anger grows at the antics of drunken foreigners. Guiris Go Home sold out four nights at the Antic theatre last week and more shows are planned for June. The play will also be staged in Madrid. Guiris is Spanish slang for

British property owners in Spain are to be guaranteed compensation if their homes are demolished because they are illegal. Until now judges could order the demolition of properties before compensation was paid. However, Spain’s upper house of parliament this week voted to change the law, amid an

Growing up in Kilmarnock, David Wilson dreamt of wearing the blue football shirt of Scotland and playing at Hampden Park. So when he leads out the team of his adopted country — Gibraltar — against Scotland, he admits that he will have mixed emotions. Mr Wilson, 41, was named the interim manager